Book Clubs

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Book Talk meets monthly on the last Monday of the month at 10:00 am.
This group gathers in the library's meeting room for discussion. Everyone welcome.

Join us in our love of books!
We’ll provide a reading suggestion for each month. You pick your own book to read.

 

Monthly Reading Themes for 2025
January: Beaches/Ocean
February: War
March: Biography
April: Different Culture
May: Historical
June: All read the same title
July: Read the Book From Your Favorite Movie
August: Font on the Cover is a Primary Color
September: Direction in the Title
October: Audiobook
November: Iowa Setting
December: Told in Verse

Oelwein Reads
Thursday, May 22nd at 6:00. p.m.

 Oelwein Reads Book Club meets at Ampersand located at 110 South Frederick Ave. This book club will focus on books about Iowa or the Midwest.  
The book selected is The Overnight Guest by Heather Gudenkauf

Brief summary:
True crime writer Wylie Lark doesn’t mind being snowed in at the isolated farmhouse where she’s retreated to write her new book. A cozy fire, complete silence. It would be perfect, if not for the fact that decades earlier, at this very house, two people were murdered in cold blood and a girl disappeared without a trace. As the storm worsens, Wylie finds herself trapped inside the house, haunted by the secrets contained within its walls—haunted by secrets of her own. Then she discovers a small child in the snow just outside. After bringing the child inside for warmth and safety, she begins to search for answers. But soon it becomes clear that the farmhouse isn’t as isolated as she thought, and someone is willing to do anything to find them.